Started with protests in Daraa in 2011, the Syrian conflict rapidly turned into a war with a number of foreign powers supporting various militant groups (including al-Qaeda-linked) against the government of Bashar al-Assad. Since then, the country has been a point of instability in the Middle East.Russia began a military intervention in Syria in 2015 after an official request by the Syrian government for military help against militant groups.This allowed the Syrian government to survive and to regain initiative in a battle against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), ISIS and other militant groups.

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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) has launched a fresh series of attacks on Turkish-backed militants in northwestern Syria. Now, the main area of attacks is southern Idlib – Rai al-Naqir, Abdeen, Arinba, Trimla, Safwan and Maaret-Naaman;

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed that their members had prevented an infiltration attempt by ISIS in the city of Raqqah;

The SDF claimed that its forces had captured 33 new positions from ISIS in the Euphrates Valley. However, in fact, the SDF progress against ISIS in the area has been slowed down significantly.